حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ نَصْرٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ النَّسَائِيُّ الْمَعْنَی قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْمُقْرِئُ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عِمْرَانَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو يُونُسَ سُلَيْمُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ مَوْلَی أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقْرَأُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُکُمْ أَنْ تُؤَدُّوا الْأَمَانَاتِ إِلَی أَهْلِهَا إِلَی قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَی سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَضَعُ إِبْهَامَهُ عَلَی أُذُنِهِ وَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا عَلَی عَيْنِهِ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَؤُهَا وَيَضَعُ إِصْبَعَيْهِ قَالَ ابْنُ يُونُسَ قَالَ الْمُقْرِئُ يَعْنِي إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ يَعْنِي أَنَّ لِلَّهِ سَمْعًا وَبَصَرًا قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد وَهَذَا رَدٌّ عَلَی الْجَهْمِيَّةِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4728
Abu Yunus Sulaim bin Jubair, client of Abu Hurairah, said: I heard Abu Hurairah recite this verse: “Allah doth command you to render back your trusts to those to whom they are due” up to “For Allah is he who heareth and seeth all things”. He said: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ putting his thumb on his ear and finger on his eye. Abu Hurairah said: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reciting this verse and putting his fingers. Ibn Yunus said that al-Muqri said. “Allah hears and sees” means that Allah has the power of hearing and seeing. Abu Dawud said: This is a refutation of the Jahmiyyah.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020